Stocks fall for fourth day

Business Desk :
Stocks in Bangladesh continued to drop for the fourth consecutive trading day on Tuesday as shaky investors continued to sell shares.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), edged down 12 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 6,400 at the end of the day. Turnover at the premier bourse slid 23 per cent to TK 1,005 crore which was Tk 1,297 crore on the previous trading day.
The DS30, the index that consists of blue-chip companies, remained flat at 2,277, while the DSES, the Shariah-complaint index, also was almost the same as the previous day’s 1,406.
At the DSE, 49 stocks advanced, 100 declined and 220 remained the same.